Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Sunshine Bay
1,981 new homes were consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $237m of non-residential building work, up 91% on the year before. In the statistical area around Sunshine Bay, 16 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 370 consents we hold in Sunshine Bay, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Queenstown-Lakes District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Sunshine Bay’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Queenstown-Lakes District, the last five years.
Since 1991: houses and everything else
New homes consented each year, houses against townhouses, flats, units, apartments and retirement village units. The most in one year was 1,729 in 2025.
New homes in Sunshine Bay
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Sunshine Bay sits in (Sunshine Bay-Fernhill) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 houses, 12 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Queenstown-Lakes District, the last five years.
What is being built
Non-residential building work consented in the year to September 2026, by type: the value of new and altered work, new floor area, and what new floor area cost to build per square metre.
- Hotels and motels$82.4m
8 buildings · 13,675 m² new floor area · $5,115/m² new · +88% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$57.1m
15 buildings · 14,795 m² new floor area · $3,258/m² new · +61% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$25.9m
7 buildings · 3,497 m² new floor area · $6,822/m² new · +268% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$25.8m
3 buildings · 6,050 m² new floor area · $4,264/m² new
- Offices$20.7m
6 buildings · 2,766 m² new floor area · $5,998/m² new · +33% on the year before
- Education$12m
5 buildings · 2,611 m² new floor area · $4,475/m² new · +391% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.2m
5 buildings · 1,617 m² new floor area · $3,348/m² new · +310% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$4.3m
3 buildings · 1,774 m² new floor area · $2,430/m² new · +100% on the year before
- Farm buildings$892k
3 buildings · 591 m² new floor area · $1,509/m² new · −75% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$800k
−93% on the year before
Consents on record in Sunshine Bay
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 370 from 7 Oct 2014 to 4 Jun 2026. Councils publish their records unevenly, so these are what we have, not every consent issued — for the full count, see the official figures above.
What the work is
Consents in the last five years by the kind of work their description names.
- Fires and heating13
typically $5,000
- New homes6
typically $420k
- Alterations and additions4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $144k
- Commercial alterations3
typically $155k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $80k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $80k
- Pools and spas1
typically $65k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $6,000Alteration to 2-storey dwelling: Replacement with new metrofires Xtreme rad base. Metrofires standard flue system, New pan flashing with dektite #7 16 Williams Street
370 consents
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Alteration to 2-storey dwelling: Replacement with new metrofires Xtreme rad base. Metrofires standard flue system, New pan flashing with dektite #7
- New homes$400k
New infill dwg to the southern end of the site
- Fires and heating$1,200
Alt to existing dwg: install new solid fuel wood burner fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Replace fire with Woodsman Serene. SFP 4.2m flue kit. Existing chimney vented. Chimney cap with new Dektite #7 flashing.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alteration to two storey dwelling - replace fire with Woodsman Brunner. Woodsman Heatsaver. Pan flashing with Dektite #7
- Alterations and additions$19k
Alteration of 2-storey dwelling - convert existing drying room into bathroom
- Commercial alterations$387k
Alteration and addition to 3-storey multi unit dwelling - residential and garage renovation upgrade. Including Amendment.01: change in the cladding from board and batten to board and batten with a cavity batten.
- New homes$328k
Construction of dwg with attached gge - dwg A
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to 2-storey dwg - replace fire with Woodsman Colleridge. Sfp flue kit with floor penetration kit. Lead flashing
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Amendment 1 - change of cladding to gge.Change of roof to gge. Change of wall & roof insulation
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alteration to dwelling - Installation of freestanding woodburner
- New homes$440k
Construction of dwg with attached gge.
- New homes$420k
Construction of dwg with attached gge
- New homes$420k
Construction of dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alteration to dwelling - replace old fire. Installation of freestanding woodburner
- Relocated buildings$80k
Construction of foundation, drainage and deck for relocated dwelling.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Logaire LUF3000 ped. SFP flue kit with floor penetration kit. Dektite #8 flashing - 63 Arawata Terrace, Sunshine Bay
- Fires and heating$3,150
Install Metro Eco Tiny Rad (with legs), Pioneer Flueshield & Metro hearth. Existing Masport flue kit & dektite #8 boot flashing, including a dropbox - 263 Fernhill Rd, Sunshine Bay
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$80k
Alteration to existing building: Convert sleepout into residential flat
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Alt to 2-storey dwg - convert drying room (hot water cupboard) into second bathrm - 25b williams St, Sunshine Bay
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to dwg - replace old fire with new woodsman serene, existing outer liners, new sfp 150mm stainless steel flue, existing chimney cap, new dektite #7 - 237 Fernhill Rd, Sunshine Bay
- Pools and spas$65k
Installation of pool fence - 85 Arawata Terrace Queenstown
- Fires and heating$2,000
Alt to dwg - replace existing with metrofires wee rad leg, metro standard flue kit, existing roof flashing - 3 MacKinnon terrace, Sunshine Bay, Queenstown
- Garages, sheds and carports$144k
Alterations/additions - new gge with membrane deck above, extend existing living room, new shed/shower room, new ramp, new block retaining walls to basement - 26 evergreen place, Sunshine Bay
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alteration to dwelling - replace old fire. New Woodsman Coleridge (leg). Davins flue system. Floor penetration kit. Pan flashing with Dektite #8 flashing - 22 Williams Street, Sunshine Bay
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Sunshine Bay?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 1,981 new homes consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area, with $1.22b of residential and $237m of non-residential building work.
What is a building consent?
Written approval from a council (a building consent authority) that planned building work complies with the Building Code. Most new buildings, additions, structural alterations, fires and plumbing and drainage work need one; some minor work is exempt under Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004.
Where do these figures come from?
The official counts are Stats NZ’s monthly Building consents issued release (CC BY 4.0), covering every consent every council issues. The individual consents listed are ones we hold from councils’ records and other public sources; they are not a complete list for every council.